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1 I have promised to drive with the duchess.
The Picture of Dorian GrayBy Oscar Wilde ContextHighlight In CHAPTER 4
2 I have promised to meet a man at the Orleans.
The Picture of Dorian GrayBy Oscar Wilde ContextHighlight In CHAPTER 2
3 He won't like you the better for keeping your promises.
The Picture of Dorian GrayBy Oscar Wilde ContextHighlight In CHAPTER 2
4 Harry, promise me that you will never lend that book to any one.
The Picture of Dorian GrayBy Oscar Wilde ContextHighlight In CHAPTER 19
5 "But I thought you had promised Basil Hallward to go and see him," answered Lord Henry.
The Picture of Dorian GrayBy Oscar Wilde ContextHighlight In CHAPTER 3
6 I promised to go to a club in Whitechapel with her last Tuesday, and I really forgot all about it.
The Picture of Dorian GrayBy Oscar Wilde ContextHighlight In CHAPTER 2
7 "This will do," he answered, and having got out hastily and given the driver the extra fare he had promised him, he walked quickly in the direction of the quay.
The Picture of Dorian GrayBy Oscar Wilde ContextHighlight In CHAPTER 16
8 I have promised to dine at White's, but it is only with an old friend, so I can send him a wire to say that I am ill, or that I am prevented from coming in consequence of a subsequent engagement.
The Picture of Dorian GrayBy Oscar Wilde ContextHighlight In CHAPTER 2
9 It was clear to him that the experimental method was the only method by which one could arrive at any scientific analysis of the passions; and certainly Dorian Gray was a subject made to his hand, and seemed to promise rich and fruitful results.
The Picture of Dorian GrayBy Oscar Wilde ContextHighlight In CHAPTER 4
10 He knew that he had tarnished himself, filled his mind with corruption and given horror to his fancy; that he had been an evil influence to others, and had experienced a terrible joy in being so; and that of the lives that had crossed his own, it had been the fairest and the most full of promise that he had brought to shame.
The Picture of Dorian GrayBy Oscar Wilde ContextHighlight In CHAPTER 20